Radio presenter Tim Gough dies during breakfast show
A radio presenter who died while presenting on air has been described as a “dear friend” and “all round lovely man” by those who worked with him.
Tim Gough, 55, died suddenly while hosting the GenX Radio Suffolk breakfast show on Monday. Gough was thought to have been broadcasting from a studio at his home at the time.
The station said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to inform you our dear friend and breakfast host Tim Gough passed away this morning while presenting his programme.
“Our love to his family, son, sister, brother and mum. Tim was doing what he loved. He was 55 years old.”
James Hazell, the owner of the station, added: “You may have heard me say today, in an emotional state, that I was not sure about the future of GenX in light of the devastating news of Tim’s death. Well, I am now … because of the hundreds of loving messages.
“Tim was part of building GenX Radio and I will not allow his hard work to amount to nothing. We are going to create the best radio station we possibly can, that Suffolk is proud of. It will be Tim’s legacy.”
The Virgin Radio UK presenter Amy Voce said: “Absolutely gutted to hear this news about Tim. He was my firstever boss in radio at Leicester Sound when I was 18 and was so wonderful. I have the happiest of memories and we always kept in touch, and if it wasn’t for him I might not be in radio.”
Gaynor Marshall, an executive producer for BBC radio, added: “Such sad news. When I was at Smooth Radio Nottingham he took me under his wing, super-caring and all-round lovely man. What an awful shock.”
Gough grew up in a village close to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and began his broadcasting career at Radio Orwell in 1986. He went on to present the breakfast show on Saxon Radio and SGR-FM, as well as appearing on Smooth Radio and various other stations in the east Midlands.